Some experts say the tests, which can spot multiple kinds of cancer, aren’t yet sensitive enough to be widely used.

In 1975, in a medical school classroom in what was then the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Predrag Sikiric had an idea that he has pursued for more than 50 years. His obsessive quest would ...

Last month, I was fortunate to participate in an event hosted by Open to Debate, a one-hour weekly program broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the country, and the SNF Agora Institute ...

Emma Chapman's "The Echoing Universe" is a vivid survey of the hidden parts of the cosmos and those who seek them out.

Other animals may have some capacity to grasp small numbers, but only humans have jumped on the number train and steamed ahead full throttle. As mathematician and author Richard Elwes sees it, it all ...

What guides an important decision? It might start with a core human emotion — fear, anger, a stubborn sense of hope. Some decisions draw from personal experience or from a gut feeling that a ...

As you’re reading this, your cells are mutating. Moreover, they are mutating in maddening numbers. Your body replaces some 330 billion of your cells daily, or about one percent, so there are numerous ...